CEDAR SPRINGS
CEDAR SPRINGS, TEXAS (Falls County). Cedar Springs, once known as Mill
Tract, is on Farm Road 2027 nine miles south of Marlin in south central Falls
County. It was named for several springs that flowed through a nearby cedar
grove. In the early 1870s the community had a sawmill, a gin, and a store. In
1879 a post office was established, taking the name Viesca, in remembrance of
the colonial settlement Sarahville de Viesca, which had been five miles north.
The community had a population of thirty in the mid-1880s. In 1890 it had 100
residents, a general store, and a hotel. When the San Antonio and Aransas Pass
Railway completed the section of track between Waco and Lexington in 1891,
bypassing Viesca by six miles, many residents were drawn to the railroad and the
newly established community of Lott. The population of Viesca fell to fifty by
the mid-1890s. When the post office was discontinued in 1905, the community
resumed the name Cedar Springs. In 1905 the community had a two-teacher school
for sixty-six white students and a one-teacher school for eighty-one black
students. Until the mid-1950s Cedar Springs served as the focus of a
common-school district; this district was divided and consolidated with the Lott
and the Rosebud school districts in 1955. Cotton and corn were the principal
crops grown by farmers in the Cedar Springs area until the 1930s. At that time
tomatoes were introduced as a specialty crop, and farmers also began to grow
watermelons, cantaloupes, and sweet potatoes. Stock, in particular turkeys,
increased in importance after 1960. The population of Cedar Springs fell to
fifteen in the early 1930s but increased to fifty by 1939 and to seventy by
1945. A school, a church, and several residences marked the community on county
highway maps in the late 1940s. Ninety residents were reported in 1970 and 1990.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Roy Eddins, ed., and Old Settlers and Veterans Association
of Falls County, comp., History of Falls County, Texas (Marlin, Texas?, 1947).
Lillian S. St. Romain, Western Falls County, Texas (Austin: Texas State
Historical Association, 1951). Vertical File, Texas Collection, Baylor
University. Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl
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This is the Good Homeplace on land along the Brazos River. The land was sold
to O. T. Watkins, parents of son-in-law Glover Watkins who married Lyda
Huddleston. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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Clifford Clare Good with his Mother, Lilly Ida Huddlestone Good Poterfield. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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Front row: |
Clifford Neal Good |
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Joseph Johnson and Sallie L. (Pennington) Huddleston. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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Joseph Johnson and Sallie L. (Pennington) Huddleston. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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Robert Wilbern & Charlotte Ellen (Davidson) Good. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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Headstone picture of Sallie Pennington Huddleston buried in Powers Chapel
Cemetery. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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This is a picture of Robert Fountain Good and his mother and father, Joseph
Warren and Marybelle Jordan Good, and friends as he leaves to go into service
in World War I. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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Joseph Warren Good, born in Jasper, Texas to James D. Good. He came to Falls
County, Texas in the late 1870's. After his divorce from Marybelle Jordan
Good, he moved back to Jasper, Texas and died there in 1930. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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This is Bertha Good as a child, daughter of Joseph Warren Good. She was born
January 1, 1900, lived to be 94 yrs old. She was the wife of Joe Baily. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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This is Bertha Good, daughter of Joseph Warren Good. She was born January 1,
1900, lived to be 94 yrs old. She was the wife of Joe Baily. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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Jimmy Poterfield and his mother Lilly Ida Huddleston-Good-Poterfield |
This is Jimmy Poterfield and his mother Lilly Ida Huddleston-Good-Poterfield. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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This is my grandfather, John Bufford Good as a boy with his pig. John was son
of Joe and Marybelle (Jurdon) Good. John was father to Clifford Clare Good. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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Left to Right: |
Clifford Neal Good |
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This is Clifford Clare Good and his son Kenneth Alan Good. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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Leldon Good, his sister Mary Jane Good-Law, and Alcean Good Jackson. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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This is Antoine Potski, Robert Fountain Good, and Cleave Childers. Best of
Buddies. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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This is John Bufford Good, son of Joseph Warren Good and grandfather of
Clifford Neal Good. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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This little girl is Neomi Good, daughter of Edward Franklin Good when she was
2 years old. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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J.
T. and Premelia (Good) Lewis. Premelia was the daughter of Enoch Good. Enoch
Good was the son of Joseph Warren Good. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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Robert Wilburn Good and daughter, Martha Good Caswell. Robert is the son of
John Bufford Good. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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This is Robert Wilburn Good back in the late 40's or early 50's. He is John
Bufford Good's son. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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This is Edward Franklin Good. He is one of Joseph Warren Good's 12 children.
He was head of the draft board during World War II. He used lots of gravel
from the place to cover the roads with gravel during the 30's and 40's. The
old place was 200 acrea along the Brazos River. There is an old map in the
county clerks office in Marlin showing Joseph Good's land along the Brazos
River. The map is on the wall. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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This is my cousin, Bobby Lackey. His mother was my father's sister Dorothy
Good Lackey. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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This is Dorothy Good Lackey. Dorothy is the daughter of John Bufford Good. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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This is Martha Good Caswell, the daughter of Robert Wilburn Good, who was the
son of John Bufford Good. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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Martha Jane Good Caswell at "Sweet 16". |
Clifford Neal Good |
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Jimmy Poterfield and his brother L. B. Good during World War II |
This picture is of Jimmy Poterfield and his brother L. B. Good during World
War II. L. B. was in the army and was shot by a sniper during the invasion of
France (wasn't in first wave of D-Day). |
Clifford Neal Good |
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This is Jimmy Poterfield the son of Lilly Ida Huddleston-Good-Poterfield with
his daughter, Tammy Poterfield. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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This picture is of Jimmy Poterfield and brother L. B. Good. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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Front to back: |
Clifford Neal Good |
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This is a picture of John Warren Good and Rebecca Segler Good. John was Joseph
Warren Good's first boy. The others in the picture are Rebecca's brothers and
their wifes. Baby held is Woodrow Wilson Good John's son. Picture taken in
1917 or 1918. |
Clifford Neal Good |
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Daughters of David Dominey and Clara Mae (Redding) Watkins |
Elaine Wyatt Branham |
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Dave Watkins Family
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Elaine Wyatt Branham |
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The Dave Watkins Family
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Elaine Wyatt Branham |
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James Byers Redding and Family
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Elaine Wyatt Branham |
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Wedding Day of
Cumming Henry
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Mary Boyd Redding |
Wedding Day of
Cumming Henry
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Mary Boyd Redding
October 29, 1911
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Elaine Wyatt Branham |
Caledonia Adaline "Callie" Redding
Caledonia Adaline "Callie" Redding, born October 16, 1851, in Dalton,
Whitfield Co, GA to James W. and Mary Ann Brandon Byers, died April 6, 1918
and her remains are buried in
Powers Chapel Cemetery... at which time, tradition tells us, she was
diabetic and weighed over 300 pounds.
Wife of Henry George Redding (1829c-1891), she was the mother of Clara Mae
Redding Watkins (1873-1953), James Byers Redding (1875-1948), Eugene Forbes
Redding (1877-1955), Lulu Virginia Redding Cox (1880-1965), Clio Sallie
Redding Barganier (1881-1921), Cumming Henry Redding (1884-1962), DeWitt
Hedrick Redding (1888-1907), and John Thomas Redding (1891-1918). |
Elaine Wyatt Branham, granddaughter of James Byers Redding |
